Social Darwininism reared its perky head Thursday night on the Larry King Show in the person of former John McCain mouthpiece and all-around free-market zombie, Nancy Pfotenhauer. Pfotenhauer--long a reliable talking head in the service of our shrouded overlords--has now rebranded herself as an expert on healthcare reform.
Through her patented head shaking and wide-eyed expressions of disbelief, Pfotenhauer sought to turn aside any talk of corporate responsibility or progressive governance as she distilled the Republican position: you're on your own in the ruthless world of all against all. Indeed, this shill for laissez-faire economics seemed fairly boggled--as always--at the thought that anyone could credibly argue that more tax cuts, more deregulation, more market-based government, and more private health insurance, might not be in the best interests of everyday Americans out there in the heartland.
Her argument, of course, is a simple utopian screed focused through the blinkered lens of some abstraction called the free market. Ah Nancy, it was all so comfortably familiar. Nancy, haven't we been here before?
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